A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail. — Quoted

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“A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.”

Lewis Mumford · Courage

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Lewis Mumford

The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of religion, but a directive for economic action toward human brotherhood.

Religion

Lewis Mumford

Without fullness of experience, length of days is nothing. When fullness of life has been achieved, shortness of days is nothing. That is perhaps why the young have usually so little fear of death they live by intensities that the elderly have forgotten.

Death

Lewis Mumford

A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day and a succession of such days is fatal to human life.

Beauty

Lewis Mumford

Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

Future